散髪

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 散髪, read さんぱつ, denotes cutting and trimming hair or receiving that service.
• Basic usage: It can describe going out for a haircut or one person directly cutting another person's hair.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Cutting hair and receiving a haircut
  • It covers going to receive a haircut and a father cutting his son's hair. The sentence shows who performs the cutting and whose hair is cut.